Did y'all see today's NYT op-ed by Hillary & Cecile? It's about those horrible draft regulations by HHS that would not only affect abortion, but IVF, end of life care, and, frankly, the ability of a business to hire people that will do the work of the business.

Yale released its list of women friendly law firms. Also, being male means you make more as a lawyer (maybe because men have been in the legal profession longer or stay in firms?)

Divorce is becoming more acceptable in India. interference from the groom's mother is an oft-cited reason for filing for divorce. When I was in India we saw many cases of bride burnings and dowry deaths, so it's uplifting to think that a troubled marriage can end in divorce, rather than death.

Gardasil approved for vulvar and vaginal cancers, in addition to cervical. I have two friends who have had vulvar/vaginal cancer. One died of it, which is very rare.

One of these days I'm really just going to give y'all the news I've been saving but not posting because it seems only moderately relevant, and then you'll have reading material for weeks! But not today - I'm going on vacation.

Cost evaluation of HPV vaccine: "routine vaccination of 12-year-old girls, in addition to routine
cervical screening, costs $43,600 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
gained, above the cost of screening alone. For girls aged 13 to 18
years, the cost was $97,300 per QALY. Extending vaccination to women
aged 21 cost $120,400 per QALY, and up to 26 years of age, the cost was
$152,700 per QALY."

Slate article about how the anti-choicers took over the Republican party. Sarah Palin is particularly anti-choice, what with being a member of Feminists for Life. Meanwhile the Dems are moving to what Slate is calling "pro-choices" meaning that there's support for whatever decision a woman makes - from raising a baby, to giving it up for adoption to abortion.

Pakistan investigates honor killings of women. What's news is not the honor killings, which are widespread and happen in America, but the investigation.

Preconception care, again. I got in a big argument with some folks yesterday about women being more than their wombs. I hate preconception care - it's so condescending.

A drug company is filing for approval of a drug to prevent preterm births.

The Mexican Supreme Court upheld the abortion law. "To affirm that there is an absolute constitutional protection of life
in gestation would lead to the violation of the fundamental rights of
women," said Justice Sergio Valls.